Posts tagged "the colbert report"

The finale of "The Colbert Report" aired last night, and it included a visit from a freakish number of celebrity guests to sing him a send-off song. That guy sure has a lot of friends! Stephen will take David Letterman's place on the "Late Show" next year, but it's still a bittersweet goodbye. There wa…

Jennifer Lawrence hung out on "The Colbert Report"' last night and cranked out her charming interview banter at always. She also informed us that she's skinned a squirrel, so there's that. I've always thought Colbert in character mode would be so stressful to be interviewed by, but he goes easy on Lawrence, and the result…

I still can't tell whether James Franco's personality is a joke or not, but when he's with Stephen Colbert, an especially bubbly side of him seems to come out. On his latest visit to "The Colbert Report," he tried to get Stephen to break character when asking about his departure to head to "The Late…

Stephen Colbert has finally responded to the hashtag #CancelColbert, which was trending last week on Twitter. In true "Colbert Report" fashion, he did it in character as a pompous blowhard conservative who "doesn't see race." A quick recap for those of you who were down a hole all weekend: in response to a news segment…

You read a tweet that looks like it's from a celebrity and it says this: "I am willing to show #Asian community I care by introducing the Ching-Chong Ding Dong Foundation For Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever." Pretty racist and disturbing, right? Of course it is. Then you realize that it was tweeted from the Twitter…

Pussy Riot on "The Colbert Report"! Pussy Riot on "The Colbert Report"! Pussy Riot on "The Colbert Report"! You can watch the second part of Colbert's interview at the link! [Comedy Central] A breastfeeding mother got kicked out of an Alabama courtroom, despite a state law that says a mother may nurse…

Mike Cassesso and MaiLien Le were all set to be married on the steps of the Jefferson Memorial this Saturday, but alas, the ongoing government shutdown got in the way of those plans, as government buildings and national sites like the memorial are closed until Congress gets its damn act together. Whe…

Stephen Colbert's mom Lorna passed away last week at the age of 92. After a brief hiatus, Colbert returned to his anchor seat at "The Colbert Report" and opened the show with this beautifully worded, heartfelt tribute to her. "When you watch the show, if you like me," he said, "that’s because of my mom."…

Style Rookie blogger and fashion world phenom Tavi Gevinson was on "The Colbert Report" last night,to discuss her latest feat: the publication of Rookie Yearbook One, a compendium of some of the best writing and stories from the first year of Gevinson's online magazine Rookie. Colbert was a bit in awe of hi…

The British singer Morrissey is a notoriously ornery guy -- and we love him for it. On last night's episode of "The Colbert Report," Morrissey and Stephen Colbert went head to head over Morrissey's strict vegetarian stance and his total distaste for the British royal family. God love Morrissey: he's like the oldest teenager i…

"Colbert Report" host Stephen Colbert knows probably better than anyone that in order to succeed you have to work with the best. That's why on his show Wednesday night he said goodbye to his latest crop of interns, and brought on a new, shall we say, more qualified set: the gold medal-winning women'…

Last night, Olivia Wilde was on the "The Colbert Report" to promote her new film, "People Like Us." While that movie looks like a total snooze and I can't co-sign on Chris Pine's stupid eyebrows, Olivia seems like a totally rad lady. She stumped for Obama, wore her Dogs Against Romney pin,…

Better late than never: it is from Monday night's show, but I really wanted to post Stephen Colbert coming to the defense of "radical feminist" Catholic nuns. Love you so hard, Stephen. [The Colbert Report] On how Republicans in the House of Representatives are blocking abortion access for our servicewomen. Apparently even if…

So maybe you've heard about Sweden's weird Twitter experiment, wherein they're allowing perfectly average Swedish citizens to take over the country's Twitter account for a week at a time. The nation's current national Twitterer is a woman named Sonja, who seems mildly obsessed with Hitler and Jews and "The Little Mermaid." Don't believe us? Check…

God, I love Charlize Theron. She hit up "The Colbert Report" last night and gives as good as she gets. There's the usual movie promotion blah-blah-blah about "Snow White and the Huntsman," but she and Stephen also took the conversation to an interesting place while discussing beauty and narcissism. "I don't think narcissists are just…

The Frisky has kept you up-to-date on what Bill O'Reilly and other conservatives think about health insurers being told to cover women's birth control without co-pays — i.e. will Blue Cross/Blue Shield cover mani/pedis next? Thankfully, Stephen Colbert has also weighed in and it's a good thing, too. How else would…

Stephen Colbert is always on the lookout for injustice against menfolk. And where do men suffer the most than in the field of genital cleaning products? Women have long enjoyed empowering cleaning agents marketed to their dirty vaginas. But the poor, dirty penis? Shamefully ignored. What nerve! When Summer's Eve douche product…

Simply Irresistible

Over the years, we've poked fun at a lot of "based on a true story" movies that turned out to be bullshit. But then we thought that maybe we should stop giving Hollywood shit for embellishing history a bit if it lets them tell a slightly better story. So instead, we decided to give Hollywood…

As you slog your way through the myriad not-yet-April Fools' Day pranks that plague this nation, revel in this: no one has ever pranked someone better than Michael Jackson pranked Russell Crowe, and he did it for years. In an interview with The Guardian, Crowe revealed that despite having never met Jackson,…